MOUNT VERNON — A homeless man convicted of sexual imposition was sentenced in April to a definite prison term of 36 months.
A grand jury indicted Timothy R. Patterson on one count of rape, a first-degree felony, on July 17, 2023.
According to court documents, he was found incompetent to stand trial in June 2024, and then found competent on Feb. 20, 2025.
Patterson pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony. He was credited for 1,011 days served, along with future days while awaiting transportation to a facility.
Patterson is determined to be a Tier II sex offender/child victim offender registrant.
Following are other sentencings in April.
April 2
• Daniel C. Dilger’s community control sentence for a charge of domestic violence was revoked. The defendant was resentenced and is to serve 180 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 43 days served.
• Amanda A. Alexander’s community control sentence was continued. Defendant is to serve 330 days in jail with credit for 219 days served. Jail time is to be suspended on the condition that the defendant enter and successfully complete the Mended Reeds residential treatment program.
April 15
• Dylan M. Pauley was sentenced to a one-year term of community control for an amended charge of assault, a first-degree misdemeanor.
The defendant is to serve 60 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for two served. Jail term is to be suspended provided defendant enter and successfully complete grief counseling and anger management classes.
Pauley is also ordered to make restitution of $9,933.97 to Knox Community Hospital, Knox Energy Services, Riverside Radiology & Interventional Associates, and Ohio ENT & Allergy Physicians.
April 16
• Cory B. Woods was convicted of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. A charge of possessing drug abuse instruments was dismissed.
The defendant was sentenced to two years of community control and 180 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 126 days. Jail time is suspended provided Woods enter and complete the Central Community Based Correctional Facility treatment program, submit to and comply with an outpatient drug and alcohol assessment treatment plan, submit to drug and alcohol monitoring, and maintain full-time employment.
• Cory B. Woods was convicted of a first-degree misdemeanor assault charge; a charge of strangulation was dismissed. Woods was sentenced to 120 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for four days served. Jail is to be suspended provided defendant enters and completes the Central Community Based Correctional Facility treatment program.
• A third-degree felony charge of bribery against Bobby L. Taylor was dismissed.
• Quiana H. Major was granted intervention in lieu of conviction on a charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony.
April 21
• Stephen P. Rex Jr. was acquitted on one count of felonious assault. Insufficient evidence was presented to sustain a conviction beyond reasonable doubt.
April 22
• Patrick J. Hager pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated assault, a first-degree misdemeanor. He was sentenced to one year of community control and 60 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for two days served. The remaining jail term is to be suspended providing Hager has no jailable offenses for one year.
April 23
• A jury found Stephen P. Rex Jr. not guilty on a charge of aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor.
• Miranda J. Pratt was granted intervention in lieu of conviction and received a one-year term of community control.
• Jamie Lee Parker pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. The defendant was sentenced to two years of community control and 180 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 29 days served.
Jail time is suspended provided Parker enter and complete the Central Community Based Correctional Facility treatment program, submit to and comply with an outpatient drug and alcohol assessment treatment plan, submit to drug and alcohol monitoring, and maintain full-time employment.
• William Kislingbury’s community control on a charge of violating a protection order was revoked. He was ordered to serve 257 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 167 days served.
• Rachel L. Wright’s community control sanctions on charges of vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony, and operating a vehicle under the influence, a first-degree misdemeanor, were revoked.
Wright was resentenced to serve 150 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 98 served.
